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The Late Hour

by Scrambled Limbs

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1.
Shut it off shut it out You need to control your nerves Tomorrow will go without a hitch How is she so calm? I can barely hear her breathe Eyes so peaceful face so serene Still only 2 o'clock Is this part of the trade? Penance for these swirling thoughts Will I ever sleep again? Come again yeah what was that? There's someone in this room They can sense the fear they can smell the bullshit There you go again you're paranoid You just need something stiff Tomorrow will go without a hitch Still only 2 o'clock That can't be right... I must have been mistaken I need to get to sleep tonight... Free the mind release the soul I never thought of just saying it out loud You really blew your chance We could have had a solid run But now I suppose it's done Asleep in the deep Shake it out focus here You've got some work to do! You need to be at your best Shut your eyes kill your mind Be professional! Everything you want is just hours away Still only 2 o'clock I swear that hand's not changed... And the world outside seems so goddamn still Will I ever sleep again? So still your lips so frail... Am I alone in this? Penance for these swirling thoughts I wish I could hear the tick and tock Free the mind release the soul I swear I saw you staring back at me Those eyes cut to the bone
2.
Batten down the hatches No time to delay Unsheath your swords It's time to make them pay Yes their faces look like ours But their words will bring this town to ruin Yes they shit and breathe like you But underneath the scheme like snakes Yes blood runs through them And that blood will fall that blood will stain If I've told once I've told them twice I must have told them a million times I'll come to the place they live And I'll give them a big fat piece of my mind Yes they might have wives and kids But their words will bring this town to ruin Yes they may pay their tax Infact they may pay more than I But still though blood runs through their veins They're dangerous to all our kind Yes, blood runs through them They're dangerous to all our kind I'll take or cues from the greatest man ever known Oh God I felt so alone Until I heard them talk and confirm my fears You and I will make him proud Yes their faces look like ours But their words will bring this town to ruin Yes they shit and breathe like you But underneath the scheme like snakes Yes blood runs through them And that blood will fall that blood will stain That blood will fall that blood will stain
3.
"Slow and steady, you've gotta take your time" He grabbed his knapsack and drank the last of his wine Things had changed, I saw that now. Isolated we'd become Armoured Guards The Final Frontier So sure and so social Insecure and inessential The bar was full but no-one held my gaze Together at last but seperate in every way Things had changed, I saw that now. Isolated we'd become Human Shields Hazmat Suits So sure and so social Insecure and inessential
4.
It's been so long since we had fun That I have forgotten the light in your eyes The tingle the shivers they've all passed us by It's been so long... Once you held me close My head on your chest Arms wrapping me as we carefully stepped to the beat Dancing on your feet It's been so long... The future is done I've made my bed now I'll lie in it Do the moments we cherish give life meaning or trap us in the past and present shutting the door on what we still could be? The future is done I've made my bed now I'll lie in it

about

An EP that's been in the womb for 2 years and grown only a little in that time. A pared back, simplified vision that mines the stories of nightowls, villians, the disillusioned and the isolated.

After a couple of releases glorifying maximalism and attempting to create the most technicolour, indulgent and complex bedroom recordings I could, I wanted to delve into the adage of 'less is more'. All these songs started out as little acoustic ditties recorded on iphone notes and were fleshed out (mostly during lockdown 1 2020) with the help of my brother (my drum skills (and kit) and reached their limits), the mighty WeTransfer and a wonderful old Hohner Pianet I found lurking in my parents-in-laws attic. I then spent a few months mixing, life got back to normal, and I promptly procrastinated in the releasing of anything, which is why this is only seeing the light now.

The pendulum between reality and the fantastical is ever swinging, and in the last few years my admiration for great scene setting and storytelling has grown. Lyrically I wanted to focus far less on the personal. Writers like Cormac McCarthy and Graham Greene were heavily on my mind as I went into these late-hours viginettes, as were the works of 20th Century Horror writers such as M.R James, LP Hartley and Robert Aickman. The perilous state of modern British society also had a bearing. In this way, the EP feels very much to me an Autumnal, or even Midwinter record. At the very least, it seeks a listen in the less vivid hours, the hazier hours, the hours where tensions run high, thoughts run away with you and although you are sure you know your surroundings the dark corners of the room hide secrets and the undesirable.

So please, dim the lights, put your headphones on and enjoy.

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released December 9, 2022

Ben Rodwell - Drums & Percussion
Sam Denney-Rodwell - Guitars, Vocals, Piano, Bass, Mixing, Mastering

Released on Dismembers Club 2022

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Scrambled Limbs Leeds, UK

Occasionally active not so psych musician who never plays gigs. Also, bassist in Gandhi’s Hands.

New EP The Late Hour will be out on Dismembers Club 9/12/22

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